Adobe dumps mobile Flash

According to ZDNet, a source close to Adobe said: "Our future work
with Flash on mobile devices will be focused on enabling Flash
developers to package native apps with Adobe AIR for all the major
app stores."

They added: "We will no longer adapt Flash Player for mobile
devices to new browser, OS version or device configurations. Some
of our source code licensees may opt to continue working on and
releasing their own implementations. We will continue to support
the current Android and PlayBook configurations with critical bug
fixes and security updates."

Instead, the company is going to focus development efforts on
building mobile apps, creating expressive content on the desktop --
both inside and outside of the browser, and increasing its investment in HTML5.

Initial reaction from the development community has been
sneering. Software developer Dan Florio wrote in a blog post: "Adobe has lost so much credibility with the
community that I'm hoping they are bought by someone else that can
bring some stability and eventually some credibility back to the
Flash Platform."